''For the community in Brazoria County, Texas see:
Oyster Creek, Texas
''For the river in Fort Bend and Brazoria Counties, Texas see: Oyster Creek (Texas).''
Oyster Creek is a city in Brazoria County, Texas, Brazoria County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,111 at the 2010 census.
Geography
Oyster Creek ...
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Oyster Creek is a stream in
Texas
Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by ...
that rises at at a divergence from ''Dolly's Gully'' near Skinner Lane (Skinner Gate), north of
Richmond in
Fort Bend County
Fort Bend County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. The county was founded in 1837 and organized the next year. It is named for a blockhouse at a bend of the Brazos River. The community developed around the fort in early days.
Th ...
. Likely Oyster Creek formerly rose at the mouth of Dolly's Gully on Jones Creek some 3500 feet to the SW prior to installation of control gates and a 350' channel from the (since removed) ''Second Lift'' pumping station by the
Gulf Coast Water Authority, which utilizes the upper reaches of Oyster Creek to deliver municipal and irrigation water to various recipients in Fort Bend and
Brazoria counties.
Oyster Creek is north and east of, and roughly parallel to, the Brazos River. It originally flowed southeast 52 miles to the
Gulf of Mexico
The Gulf of Mexico ( es, Golfo de México) is an ocean basin and a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean, largely surrounded by the North American continent. It is bounded on the northeast, north and northwest by the Gulf Coast of the United ...
in Brazoria County. Portions of the stream no longer follow their natural course because in
Missouri City
Missouri City is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, within the metropolitan area. The city is mostly in Fort Bend County, Texas, Fort Bend County, with a small portion in Harris County, Texas, Harris County. As of the 2020 census, the c ...
the upper section has been partially channelized, ultimately connecting with the Brazos River via a short segment of
Steep Bank Creek.
The lower section continues on its meandering path from about a mile southeast of Steep Bank Creek, draining into the
Intracoastal Waterway
The Intracoastal Waterway (ICW) is a inland waterway along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts of the United States, running from Massachusetts southward along the Atlantic Seaboard and around the southern tip of Florida, then following t ...
north of
Surfside Beach.
See also
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List of rivers of Texas
The list of rivers of Texas is a list of all named waterways, including rivers and streams that partially pass through or are entirely located within the U.S. state of Texas. Across the state, there are 3,700 named streams and 15 major rivers acc ...
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Gallery
File:Lochridge TX Oyster Creek.JPG, Oyster Creek at Lochridge near Rosharon
File:Snipe TX Oyster Creek.jpg, Oyster Creek at the FM 290 bridge in Snipe
References
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Rivers of Texas
Rivers of Fort Bend County, Texas
Rivers of Brazoria County, Texas